Main News of the Week:
▶ On the night of June 10, the Defense Forces of Ukraine successfully attacked the occupiers’ S-400 anti-aircraft missile division near Dzhankoi, as well as two enemy S-300 anti-aircraft missile divisions near Chornomorske and Yevpatoriia. Subsequently, further detonations of munitions were recorded in all three areas where Russian anti-aircraft missile divisions were deployed.
Crimes of the Occupation:
▶ As of June 17, the occupiers have illegally detained 218 people, including 133 Crimean Tatars. Of the total number, 40 are arrested (including 29 Crimean Tatars), 150 are imprisoned (including 98 Crimean Tatars), and 28 are without status (including 6 Crimean Tatars).
▶ On the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea, 847 cases were submitted to the so-called “courts” under Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code of the Russian Federation. In 755 of these cases, a decision was made to impose an administrative penalty in the form of a fine or to combine the case with another case under another article and make a cumulative decision. In 10 cases the consideration of the material is in progress.
▶ An occupation “court” in Crimea has sentenced two Ukrainian border guards from Azovstal to 17 years in prison: Ivan Tereshchenko and Vasyl Dmytruk, who detained the illegal Russian-flagged Crimean fishing vessel Nord in 2018. The border guards will serve the first three years in prison and then in a maximum security colony.
▶ The occupiers sentenced a 44-year-old resident of Yalta to five years in prison for allegedly communicating by messenger with representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine, where the man allegedly expressed a desire to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Earlier, an accomplice of the unlawfully accused, also a resident of Yalta, was sentenced to six years in prison and fined 500 thousand rubles. They allegedly passed information about the Russian military in Crimea to the Security Service of Ukraine and expressed their readiness to commit acts of sabotage against Russian military facilities in occupied Crimea.
▶ The occupiers have extended the term of illegal detention for activists from the so-called “fifth Bakhchysarai group” in the case of “Crimean Muslims”. Seidamet Mustafaiev, Remzi Nimetulaiev, Abdulmedzhyt Seitumerov, Ametkhan Umerov, Ruslan Asanov, and Eldar Yakubov will stay in the pre-trial detention center until November 24 this year.
▶ Farkhod Bazarov, illegally sentenced to 15 years in prison in the “case of Crimean Muslims”, was offered by the occupiers to participate in the war against Ukraine as part of the Russian army, but he refused. Now Bazarov is waiting for an illegal transfer to the prison in Balashov, Saratov region of the Russian Federation.
Forced Mobilization:
▶ At least 830 soldiers of the Russian army were buried. 639 of them were probably Ukrainian citizens. The number of graves may be higher, as many of them are not covered by the media.
▶ The capture of at least 46 Russian servicemen from occupied Crimea has been confirmed, most of whom are likely to be Ukrainian citizens.
▶ The regional occupation media in Crimea have recently been regularly publishing announcements of recruitment for contract service in Russian military units. This is due to an extreme shortage of personnel in these military units.
Militarization of the Crimean Peninsula:
▶ Activists of the ATESH resistance movement have found a radio relay station of the occupiers in Crimea in the region of Perekop. This station is intended for the deployment of radio relay or cable communication lines, for the branching of channels, and use as a radio insert on damaged or repaired cable communication lines. In addition, activists report that Russian military personnel who are part of the enemy air defense system are being advised to evacuate their families from the occupied peninsula due to the relocation of Russian air defense systems to the Bilgorod region of the Russian Federation.
▶ In occupied Sevastopol, “Young Sevastopolians”, a new allegedly “patriotic movement” for kindergarten children has been created. The movement aims to expand the age range of “Yunarmiia” (“Young Army”, a Russian military movement for children), a show in which small children have to take the “patriotic oath”, after which members of the “Young Army”, servicemen of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and other militarized organizations of the occupiers tie blue ties on them.
▶ The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine reported that Russian troops had transferred new elements of S-500 Prometheus anti-ballistic missile systems to occupied Crimea.
▶ The Russian occupation forces continue to use the illegally constructed “Crimean Bridge” to transfer personnel, fuel, and some other military supplies. Strikes on Russian military and logistical facilities have forced Russian troops to change their deployment and transportation patterns.
▶ On June 10, 12, 13, and 14, the Russian Black Sea Fleet trained anti-submarine warfare units in the area of the Northern and Southern Breakwaters, as well as Cape Khersones, Striletska, Komyshova, and Kozatska Bays, using various types of small arms.
Propaganda of the Occupation Administrations And Incitement to Hostility:
▶ In occupied Crimea, uncontrolled illegal mining is growing at an excessive rate. Russian companies are mining limestone in the mountains of the peninsula many times more than the permitted amount. Residents of the Bilohirsk region reported that heavy trucks full of crushed stone leave the quarry in caravans, without tarpaulins and without observing the speed limit. All complaints are denied, indicating that the occupation administration is unable to influence this illegal business.
Publications of the Occupation Media:
Propaganda narratives of the Russian Federation this week, disseminated by “representatives” of the occupation administration in Crimea:
▶ The occupiers claim that British museums contain artifacts from Crimea and demand an apology and compensation from the UK: “During the Crimean War, British officers carried out plundering excavations of Chersonese. The UK does not respond: neither an apology nor even an initiative for material compensation.” The Russian occupiers are systematically destroying the cultural heritage of Crimea, conducting illegal excavations, and using the territory of the occupied peninsula as a hub for moving stolen artifacts from Ukrainian museums to other occupied territories.
▶ The so-called “representative” of the occupation administration declared that “the land corridor to Crimea is safe and provided with the necessary road infrastructure”. The occupiers have begun to use the so-called “Kerch Bridge” again due to the threat of attacks by the Defense Forces of Ukraine on the logistic routes of the Russian military.
▶ The occupiers continue their attempts to change the demographic composition of occupied Crimea by illegally resettling Russians from Russia to the peninsula. To encourage new “migrants,” the occupation administration lies about Crimea’s economic development, stating: “Crimea is ready to receive business representatives from other regions of Russia to exchange experience.” This shows once again that even after ten years of Russian occupation, Crimea remains an economically isolated territory.
Public Attitudes:
▶ In occupied Yevpatoriia, a woman publicly criticized the Russian military servicemen at a city bus stop, calling them occupiers and urging Russians not to go to occupied Crimea but to stay in Russia. The woman was detained and forced to apologize on camera, and the materials were sent to the “court”.
▶ Activists of the Yellow Ribbon movement continue to resist the occupiers in Crimea, destroying copies of propaganda materials and distributing patriotic symbols in occupied cities on the peninsula, particularly in Simferopol, Sevastopol, and Yalta. In addition, Yellow Ribbon movement activists report that in occupied Simferopol, the occupiers no longer drive convoys of military equipment in crowded places due to the large number of residents who transmit data on enemy activity to the Defense Forces of Ukraine. Activists of the Yellow Ribbon movement also held a bold action, burning 100 newspapers and 20 Russian flags in the occupied cities, including Simferopol.
▶ Activists of the Crimean Combat Seagulls movement continue to expose the personal data of collaborators and Russian war criminals in occupied Crimea.
▶ The Zla Mavka resistance movement continues to publish its diaries and a weekly newspaper that reveals the occupiers’ crimes. The activists also distributed updated banknotes in occupied Simferopol with the reminder that “Crimea is not Russia.”
Glory to Ukraine!